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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2012
Applicants:
Nam Sung Kim, Middleton, WI (US);
James M. O'connor, Austin, TX (US);
Michael J. Schulte, Austin, TX (US);
Vijay Janapa Reddi, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Nam Sung Kim, Middleton, WI (US);
James M. O'Connor, Austin, TX (US);
Michael J. Schulte, Austin, TX (US);
Vijay Janapa Reddi, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Advances Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 9/30 (2006.01); G06F 9/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3203 (2013.01); G06F 1/3237 (2013.01); G06F 1/3287 (2013.01); G06F 9/30083 (2013.01); G06F 9/3851 (2013.01); G06F 9/3887 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1221 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1282 (2013.01); Y02B 60/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and device for reducing power during an instruction lane divergence includes idling an inactive execution lane during the lane divergence.